Spanish health reveals 24 monkeypox cases in a sauna in Madrid

The British newspaper "Daily Express", quoting the Spanish Ministry of Health, reported the discovery of monkeypox infections in a gay sauna in the capital, Madrid.

"Of the 30 cases of monkeypox across Spain, 24 are attributable to an outbreak in a facility known locally as a gay sauna," the newspaper added.

"The Ministry of Health will conduct a more comprehensive analysis, to control transmission, break the chain of transmission, and try to limit the spread of this virus as much as possible," Ruiz said.

Today, Monday, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control announced that nearly 85 cases of monkeypox have been recorded since May 15 in eight countries in the European Union.

And the center said in a statement: “Between May 15 and 23, 85 cases of monkeypox were reported in eight member states of the European Union, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.”

The statement pointed out the need for the infected to remain in isolation, and to avoid close contact with people who suffer from immunodeficiency and pets.

Andrea Amon, director of the center, said: "Most of the current cases show mild symptoms of the disease, and for the wider population, the possibility of spreading it is very low."

Last Friday, the World Health Organization published an introductory guide to the monkeypox virus, after recording about 70 suspected cases so far in Europe, America and Australia.

The virus first appeared among humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when a 9-year-old child contracted it, in an area from which smallpox disappeared in 1968.

Monkeypox is mainly found in tropical rainforest regions of central and western Africa, but the disease has appeared in other parts of the world in recent days.

Symptoms include fever, rash, and swollen lymph nodes.

Other experts considered that the spread of this epidemic in Europe may indicate new mutations that are able to spread outside rainy tropical environments.

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